makingmusic476 said:
How can you expect a government elected by and consisting of the people to be morally superior to the general public? If a majority of the people don't want to act this way, then why are they electing officials that will force them to act this way? |
Well if you have noticed most candidates don't give away where they stand on the issues until they get elected. They take a middle of the road approach and they also switch positions on a issue sometime after getting elected. When Lincoln got elected even though he didn't approve of slavery he said he would not end it he just wouldn't allow it to spread to the new territories. After the civil war started due to south carolina trying to secede from the union he saw an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone by using the war to free the slaves.
But you asked a good question and it does happen. In recent years polls have shown that most americans are in favor of legislation that prevents illegal immigration and terrorists from coming in to the country even if it discriminates against hispanics and people of arab descent. Of course the federal government isn't going to pass any legislation that discriminates on those groups though.
Polls have recently came out saying that most americans approve of the immigration bill in arizona even though it has gotten a lot of opposition the majority seem to support it. A few days ago Obama mentioned that discrimination shouldn't be considered acceptable when trying to capture illegal immigrants so go figure.
